1.2" Translucent Purple Cleaved Fluorite - Illinois

This is a gorgeous, translucent, cleaved fluorite octahedron collected from Hardin County, Illinois has purple and green layers within the octahedron.

Miners used to cleave these octahedrons out of the high-grade fluorite in the mines. They were common in the 50's and 60's when the mines were operating in full swing, but are very hard to find acquire anymore.